Chair of St. Peter the Apostle

Bernini's Cathedra Petri (1647).

February 22nd is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle. In St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, in the Apse (behind the main altar) is Bernini's Cathedra Petri (1647). This reliquary holds what is traditionally believed to be the chair of St. Peter. Four doctors of the church are holding down the throne St Ambrose and St Augustine in the front and St Athanasius and St John Chrysostom in the back.